I don't know whether others think this topic should go off limits but I will
respond until I get complaints.
For my Trains project I want to simulate stone walls for tunnel entrances,
rock cliffs, wood siding for buildings, stairs, windows and doors among
other things. In short anything in the real world that will be reproduced in
miniature. There are hundreds of pictures, etc. available that can be used
to create CAD files. The main problem is that 99% of commercial model RR
kits are meant to be used indoors. I need things to be weatherproofed.
I need to make master molds and then reproduce them in various molding media
like resin or cement. It would not be practical to make entire structures
with 3D printing since I need more than one and each would require a lot of
design effort to get them ready for printing. It would be easier to make
components that would be assembled into complete structures.
I am in a quandary deciding which way to go. To make masters there are
dozens if not hundreds of DIY, bench top, material working machines
including milling machines, lathes, engravers and combination machines like
lathes with milling. Some with CNC and others manual.
On eBay I saw an XY engraving machine model 3020 that looks promising. It is
around $700 and takes output from CAD programs running on a PC.
I already own a mini table saw for accurate cutting of thin strips of
plastic to make RR ties and a disk sander to grind rail for making my own
turnouts/switches.
Another feature I would like is a tracing tool to reverse engineer a part
and create a CAD file that can be run to duplicate the part.
So much to learn, so little time.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Wendt" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 5:21 PM
Subject: RE: [NF] Dragon - a HUGE Rapid Prototyping Project & a Video for
Review...
As for your Trains project - that DOES sound interesting. So - you are
looking to use the 3D Printer to - what - print things like bridges or
landscapes or buildings?
Whatever you print - where will you get models from? In the 3D Printer
world - there is a site called Thingiverse.com - where people upload ALL
Types of models for others to print on their various types of Bots. Just
FYI...
-K-
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